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Monday, November 23, 2015

2,500 French imams slam terrorists for destroying Islam’s future and call for action.

2,500 French imams slam terrorists for destroying Islam’s future and that of its children. (AN).

In the wake of the recent Paris
attacks, the Council of Imams of France issued a "solemn declaration"
that was made public during Friday prayers in 2,500 French
mosques. This is an unprecedented step.In its statement, the Council slams foreign imams who manipulate young Muslims and turn “our universal Islam into a hateful and sectarian religion”.It calls on Muslim men and women to appreciate the freedoms they
enjoy in Europe and monitor their children to prevent them from becoming
prey of radical imams who turn them into "terrorist bombs".
For the Council, Muslims must not stick their heads in the sand;
instead, they must work together to rid the Islamic religion of the
ideas of hate. The fate of young people and Islam is at stake.

What follows is the declaration from the Council of Imams of France (translated from the French by AsiaNews).
Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

Islam, the religion of peace, has become a hostage in the hands of
extremists and ignorant people. Islam has existed in Europe for a
century. It has always lived in harmony and coexistence with European
societies until the coming of some Muslims whom you know, because they
pray with us in our mosques. These are young people who were born in
Europe, who not speak Arabic well, who have no diplomas in Islamic
theology. We used imams imported from abroad who do not even speak the
French language, and who do not know the real problems young French and
European Muslims face in Western societies!

Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

for years, it was said that Western-style Islam does not look like
the Islam we knew. According to the ideology of these ignorant
Islamists, the Islam of tolerance, humanism, openness and inter-faith
dialogue has turned into treason and collaboration with the West, to the
point that tolerant imams have been threatened within their mosques by
extremists who chose inflexibility and hate against all those who are
different, even if those who are different are Muslims.

Muslim officials in France are not up to the true values ​​of Islam
nor to the values ​​of the Republic. They turned our universal Islam
into a hateful and sectarian religion that does not accept openness and
adaptation to European values ​​.These incompetent imams as well as the
bankrupt leaders must leave their place to others who are more
knowledgeable and open because they failed to reassure both Muslims and
the French!

Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

Waves of radicalisation will not stop without the cooperation of
imams, religious preachers, and ordinary Muslims with the state,
legislators, and civil society in the interest of society but especially
in the interest and the future of the children of Muslims in Europe.
This future is in danger more than even before!

Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

Watch out for the people who seek to justify the unjustifiable
alleging racism, marginalisation or the history of colonisation. These
are but pretexts to cover up their hate and religious fanaticism done in
the name of God who created us for love and brotherhood, not war and
savagery.

Terrorists had parents! They had families! What did they learn? Are they powerless vis-à-vis the web and social networks?
Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

condemning attacks is no longer enough; we cannot continue to be
ostrich-like. We cannot stick our heads in the sand and repeated this
wicked phrase, "It's not us, it's them!"
Each imam, each and every Muslim religious leader, must take on his
share of responsibility since these criminal attacks were committed in
the name of our religion.

Life is hard for Christians, Jews and atheists in the Muslim world.
Building a church or synagogue is an impossible dream in Muslim
countries unless the president of the republic intervenes! By contrast,
Muslims live in freedom and dignity in France and Europe. They build
mosques, Islamic centres and religious schools without any disruption or
exclusion.

We are Muslim French before we are French Muslims because it is
France that brings us all together. Hence, religion must stay in its
private space – because it can be a factor of peace and brotherhood so
long as we interpret the religious texts in a positive and constructive
manner.

Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

many of our youth suffer from a religious, cultural and identity
trauma. We must implement the best methods to fight hateful ideas within
our religion as well as address the fragility of our Muslim youth
vis-à-vis the pseudo Syrio-Hollywoodian Islam that uses images and
propaganda to manipulate and radicalise as many young people as
possible, in order to turn them into terrorist bombs who want to destroy
the values ​​of Western countries. In reality, they will just just
destroy the image and future of Islam in Europe and France, a country
that has offered us benefits and advantages that we could not find in
our country, and this despite all the hardship that are specific to our
neighbourhoods and districts.

Dear Muslim men, dear Muslim women,

the future of your religion and the fate of your children are at stake. The decision to act or not to act falls upon us Muslims.

Long live the true values ​​of Islam; long live the true values ​​of the Republic.

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